Buccaneer vs False - What's the difference?
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(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
A pirate.
To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
* 1963 , John Day, Arthur Henry Bullen (editor), The Works of John Day , page v
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun buccaneer
is (nautical) any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the spanish main and in the pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.As a verb buccaneer
is to engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.buccaneer
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* privateer * pirateDerived terms
* buccaneering * buccaneerishSee also
* Jolly Roger * skull and crossbonesVerb
(en verb)- In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main
false
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Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}